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  • 81mock — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, abuse, adopt, affect, affected, affront, alike, alternate, alternative, ape, aped, apocryphal, appropriate, artificial, aspersion, assume, assumed, atrocity, back answer, backup, bamboozle, barrack,… …

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  • 82pervert — Synonyms and related words: abuse, adulterate, alloy, argue insincerely, backslider, bad egg, bad lot, bastardize, befoul, belie, bias, black sheep, brutalize, burlesque, camouflage, canker, caricature, cheapen, coarsen, color, confound,… …

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  • 83squeeze — Synonyms and related words: arrest, arrestation, arrestment, badger, bar, barricade, bear, bear against, bear down on, bear down upon, bear hard upon, bear hug, bind, blackmail, bleed, block, block up, blockade, blockage, blocking, bolt, boodle,… …

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  • 84torture — Synonyms and related words: Procrustean bed, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, agonizingness, agony, ail, anguish, atrocious pain, bed of Procrustes, befoul, bewitch, bias, bite, blight, bloody, boot, burn, chafe, claw, clawing, color, condemn,… …

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  • 85wrench — Synonyms and related words: Allen wrench, Stillson wrench, abrade, abrasion, ache, aching, acute pain, adjustable wrench, alligator wrench, anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, badger, bark, belie, bend, bite, blackmail, blemish, bloody, blow,… …

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  • 86error — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Deviation from truth Nouns 1. error, fallacy; falsity (see falsehood), untruth; misconception, misapprehension, misunderstanding; inexactness, inaccuracy; anachronism; misconstruction, misinterpretation …

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  • 87misconstrue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misunderstand, misrepresent, get or take wrong, take amiss. See misjudgment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. exaggerate, distort, pervert; see mistake , misunderstand . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …

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  • 88misconceive — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. misconstrue, miscalculate, misinterpret, err; see mistake , misunderstand . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To understand incorrectly: misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, mistake, misunderstand. See UNDERSTAND …

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  • 89misinterpret — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. misconstrue, garble, misrepresent, falsify, distort, miscalculate; see also mistake , misunderstand . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. misconstrue, misread. see misunderstand III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To understand… …

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  • 90misjudge — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make a wrong judgment, usually of a person] Syn. presume, prejudge, suppose, presuppose, misapprehend, be partial, be overcritical, be unfair, be one sided, be misled, come to a hasty conclusion; see also misunderstand .… …

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